Berkant Göksel at the Technical University of Berlin and his team now want to fit plasma engines to planes. “We want to develop a system that can operate above an altitude of 30 kilometers where ...

Plasma jet engines promise a future of fuel-free, electrically driven flight, but the technology faces a stubborn obstacle ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While chemical rockets penned the opening pages of the story of human spaceflight, countries around the world are eager to start a new chapter: ...

Could diesel particulate filter (DPF) regenerations become a thing of the past? A Southern California startup that is gaining the attention of OEMs believes it’s possible. For the past few years in ...

After centuries of waiting, Chinese scientists have developed the world’s first-ever plasma car engine, a technology that promises to revolutionize transport in the next few years. The new engine, ...

Revolutionizing space travel is the order of the day with Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom unveiling a plasma-powered engine rocket engineered to reduce the travel time from Earth to Mars.

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...